The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. TIIR DERBY. Yesterday's transactions effected another change in the position of the three favourites, Defender having resigned the promichblp ) end left off third on the list. Each was backed, but not to any se rious amount. Phantasima was backed for a trifle at less odds than have been taken about him for some time ; and Brother to Elis opened at 30, and closed at 27 to 1, taken. Wintonian is quoted below at 25 to 1 ; it should be stated, however, that the offer was cottpled with another of 25 to 1 agst Clifton, and that they must be considered as the extreme odds against him ; 12 to 1 offered against the two. No other change worthy of notice. 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot—offered. 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—taken 9 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—taken 9% to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—offered 16 to 1 agst Captain Gardner's Phantasima. colt—taken 16 to 1 apt Lord Exeter's Dardanelles—offered I 18 to l agst Mr. Greville's Mango—ofiered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintenian—offercd 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Clifton--offered 27 to 1 agst Mr. Savile's Brother to Elis—taken 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Bowes's Brother to Trustee—taken 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Pocket Hercules—taken 50 to 1 agst Mfr. W. Edwards's Bro. to Grenada—take 1000 to 15 2000 to 20 agst Air. Theobald's Tredville colt—taken 13 to 1 agst Cartoon and Wintonian—taken 300 to 200 agst Phantasima and Flare-up—taken 200 even between Jerced and Brother to Bay Middleton THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P.P. (ACCEPT-OR NOT.) 5 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—taken and afterwards offered Offers to take 8 to 1 bar two. and to bet 6 to 5 on the 4-yrs-old. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING MONDAY. Match, 300, h. ft.—Mr. Greville's Mango, Bst. 91b., agst. Mr. Grcatrex's c. by the Colonel, out of Citron, Bst. COURSING. NEWMARKET AND SWAFFHAM CLUB. The following trial matches were run at Newmarket on Wed nesday Fyson's Farmer beat Mr. Gurney's Althorp. Vipan's Verity beat Lord Stradbroke's Memima. Mr. Gurney's Altisidora beat Mr. Dobede's Delia. Mr. Saberton's Sailor beat. Mr. Gurney's Arrow. Mr. Dunn's Balloon beat Lord Stradbroke's Mate. Lord Stradbroke's Matilda beat Captain Daintree's Kit Cat. Mr. Gurney's Aladdin beat Mr. King's Royalist. Mr. Gurney's Ade beat Mr. Dobede's Daisy. Mr. Gurney's Alice beat Mr. Gillett's Gaiety. Mr. Gurney's Almond beat Mr. Dobede's Dillamore. Mr. Dobede's Diamond beat Mr. Gurney's Ajax. Mr. Vipan's Vanish beat Lord Stradbroke's Metropolis. Two ot:ners undecided, and one not run ; the trial therefore ended in a draw. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The King's Stag Hounds meet on Monday at Farnham Vil lage ; Friday, at Maidenhead Thicket—half-past 11. The Thanet Harriers on Monday at at St. Nicholas ; Wednes day, at Dandelion ; Friday, at Bromston-10. The Brookside Harriers on Mondays at Newmarket Hill ; Fri days, at Telscornbe Tye—half-past 10. The Brighton Harriers on Mondays at Patcham ; Wednesdays, at the Race Course ; Fridays, at the Dyke. The Cheltenham Harriers on Monday at Hawling Gate ; Wed nesday, at Newland Inn, Cleeve road; Friday, at the Grand Stand, Race Course-11. The Cotswold and Cheltenham Hounds on Monday at Battledown. The Eamont Harriers on Wednesday at Lazonby; Saturday, at Eamont Bridge-10. Mr. Chandler's Hounds on Tuesday at Himbleton—half-past 10. Mr. Carr's Hounds on Monday at the Kennel ; Thursday, at Aylesmore-10. The Ludlow Hounds on Tuesday at Thatcher's Wood; Thursday, at Prior's Ditton-10. The Winnstay Hounds on Monday at Overton Brigge ; Wednes day, at Acton Smithy ; Friday, at Penley Green—half-past 10. The Cambridgeshire Hounds on Monday at the Hardwick Arms; Friday, at Potton Wood—half-past 10. Mr. Mure's Hounds on Tuesday at Lawshall ; Thursday, at Trundley Wood—hf-past 10. Mr. Meynell's Hounds on Monday at Longford; Thursday, at Foston ; Saturday, at Henhurst—half-past 10. Mr. Hortock's Hounds on Tuesday at Neston Park Lodge; Thurs day, at Bittlesea Wharf ; Saturday, at Beckhamptonlnn—hf-p-10. Mr. A. Smith's Hounds on Monday at Everleigb House ; Tues day, at Lower Wick Farm ; Thursday, at Weyhill ; Friday, at Oare The Warwickshire Hounds on Tuesday at Mitford Bridge; Thursday, at Harwood's House ; Saturday, at Swaysliffe—qr. to 11. The North Warwickshire Hounds on Monday at Kenilworth Cas tle ; Wednesday, at Meriden ; Friday, at EarlswoodWarren—qr. 11. . The A therstone Hounds on Monday at Maidstone Village ; Tues day, at High Cross; Thursday, at Martins Lane; Saturday, at Red Gate --quarter to 11. Mr. Portman's Hounds on Monday at Meleomb Bingham-10. Mr. Hall's Hounds on Monday at Batcombe Wood ; Thursday, At Chaffcombe ; Saturday, at Henley House ; Monday, at Stal bridge Park—half-past 10. The C. H. on Monday at Milbourne East Hill; Thursday, at Sparkford Bridge. The Burton Vale Hounds on Thursday at Boys Hill Common ; Friday, at Buckland Knoll. Colonel Wyndham's Hounds on Monday at Poling Woods; Wed nesday, at Toddington Wood-10. The East Nussex Hounds on Monday at FolkingtonWood—qr. toll The Essex Stag Hounds on Tuesday at Elsenham ; Friday, at High Easter. Lord Petre's Hounds on Monday at the Dog and Partridge, Stir ford ; Thursday, at Purleigh How ; Saturday, at Langdon Hills— half-prst 10. The Herefordshire Hounds on Tuesday at Tibberton Village-10. N.xt year a fair trial of the English and Scottish grey hounds may be expected, as Lord Eglinton has declared his in tention to challenge any seven greyhounds bred in England with seven greyhounds bred in Scotland, one hundred sove reigns each dog, each brace of dogs to be tried the best of three runs, and five hundred sovereigns the main. The match to come off in November next, somewhere in England. Mr. Chapelhow, of Appleby, sold a greyhound, named Brandy, last week, to Joseph Bellas, Esq., of Sleesonhow, near that town, for the sum of 401. Report says that Mr. Bellakhas a customer for Brandy at 601., otherwise we should be inclined to say that the adage of a certain kind of person and his money being soon Tatted was verified by the transaction. STAG HrNT.—A fine sport was exhibited on the Humber on Monday. A stag, which had been closely pursued by Sir C. Constable's hounds, passed the garrison, and deliberately tcok the water. The animal swam like a duck on the sea, and as rapid as a steam-boat. At length his branching antlers attracted the notice of some boatmen, when about five or six sailing aid sculling boats set off in chase. The first boat missed its prize, the stag diving under its bottom and re-ap pearing on the opposite side ; before the boat could be brought round the stag had got some distance. At length the animal, finding escape impossible, being surrounded by boats, after many fruitless attempts, and being quite exhausted, was caught by a rope thrown over his horns from a sculler's boat, safely brought to land, and lodged at the Vittoria Hotel, there to await a future day's sport. Ton AYRSHIRE Fox HOUNDS.—This celebrated pack of bounds met lately at Barskimming. They soon found a fox at the low end of a wood near Stair Bridge. A most game fox he proved ; the hounds were soon laid on, and away they pent at the devil's own pace. He made a ring of at least five miles round to near Drongan, Auchinleck, and back to Bar skimming ; being hard pressed he dashed through the Water of Ayr, at the Old Bridge of Barskimming past Smythson, up to near Lochbrown, back and past Mauchline, past Sorn, Auchmannoch, into the moor there. One hour and a half had now elapsed, and it was found that the horses could not follow the hounds any farther, being in fact dead beat, those horse men who were then up being obliged to make the best of their way to Mr. Brown, of Lafine's covert, thinking that was rey nerd's point ; but not a point had he left, but ran as far as the staunchest fox that ever tried the mettle of bounds. When they got to Mr. Brown's no hounds were to be heard of, and as they progressed they ascertained that the indomitable ani mals had run into Lanarkshire. A countryman, whose house the game pack passed, mounted his horse, and following, saw them kill their fox in good style in the open, and on part of the Duke of Hamilton's moors. He (the man) brought back the defunct, and only a few out of a large field saw the fox eaten. The select few were the Earl of Eglinton, Sir James Boswell, Mr. Gordon, of Milrig, the Master of the Hounds, the Huntsman, and one or two others. This was, perhaps, the greatest run ever known—it could not be less than thirty miles. From Barskimming Bridge to where the hounds killed is 18 miles as the crow flies. The hounds ran during two hours and forty minutes with only one check, the first part being as fast as it was possible for the best horses to live with them. EUNTING IN HERT3.—Mr. Dalyell has had an excellent week's sport. On Monday day and country were bad, but we never saw hounds run better in cover than his did in the af ternoon, and nothing but night saved a fox, which they forced ' out of Easeny Park late in the evening, and ran up the mea dows to Ware, and thence through the farmyard at Widbury in the diret:tion of Buckney, until they were stopped by common Consent, it being impossible to see either the pack or the fences. Wednesday a most extraordinary cir cumstatirti took place. The hounds divided at East End Wood (near Elsenham), and twelve couples slipped away with a travelling fox, not one soul being with them but Mr. Jolliffe Tuffnell ; and one of the whips, who was sent to stop them, in the belief that they had gone away with a hare, was unable to come up with them at all, but followed upon the line, as did Mr. Dalyell and some others, who went as far as Thaxtcd. Here all trace of the pack was lost, for they ran nine miles beyond Thaxted, without a check of any kind, or being once cast—over the strongest part of Essex, and killed their fox in an open field fifteen miles from where they found him. Mr. Tuffnell, assisted by the whip, who came up by the help of a road, a quarter of an hour afterwards, got the hounds safe hom e again, and may certainly boast of having seen, alone, the finest run heard off for years in this part of the country. Saturday, the meeting was at Capon's, where a fine wild fox was found, and slipped away immediately. Some time was lost in getting the hounds out, but there was an ex eellent scent, and, in spite of a great deal of unfair riding on the Part of the field, which was a Christmas field, and conse quently not easily to be kept in order, the fox was killed, after a capital hunting run of one hour and a half, at Hyde Hall Springs, having first crossed the opens to Rovston, where he turned, and came back by Sandon Row Wood, in the direc tion of Capon's. a ",,..A heavy arrear of untricd causes will swell the list of remanents from the present sittings of the Courts of Law, in consequence of the extreme length of time occupied in trying the majority of the Special Jury cases which have en grossed nearly the whole of the sittings. Only two per day on the average have been gone through. The causes tried have been unusually dull and uninteresting. The Bible Society at Dantzic distributed la s t year its 22d gift-955 German Bibles of different sizes. 430 German New Testaments, and 132 Bibles and New Testa ments in foreign languages—together 1,517, which, added to the 19,782 copies distributed since 1814, makes a total of 21,299 copies Eti CHARLES KEMBLE. Our greatest actors; With, ftiW Upen g,teat of the drama ; such, at least, has hoeu case since the Restoration, and farther back we have no authentic means of ascertaining the comparative merits of performers in tragedy and comedy who neverthe less enjoyed a very large share of popularity. It is re markable also, even with regard to the few exceptions, that the individuals were never content with the distinction they obtained in tragedy only, but made repeated efforts to ex tend their reputation by incursions into the province of co medy. The most notorious of those exceptions were ac tors who may be said to have flourished in our own day— John Philip Kemble and Edmund Kean. The former was especially anxious to shine in genteel comedy, and Don Felix and Charles Surface are memorable instances of his failure. Betterton, Hart, and Mohun, all commenced their career at the same time, namely, after the year 1660, and all, but especially the two first, were famous for their success both as tragic and comic performers. Betterton outlived his rivals many years, and was the Hamlet and Macbeth, as well as the Falstaff and the Valentina of the stage, nearly down to the middle of the reign of Anne. To him succeeded Wilks in the admiration of the town, and ho continued to delight it in Othello, Amintor, and Jaffier, as well as in Sir Harry Wildair, Captain Plume, and Sir George Airy, until the year 1732. Quin and Mills may be said to have filled up the in terval until the arrival of Garrick i❑ 1741, and we need hardly say what a space he occupied in the public attention, or what varied parts he sustained until his retirement in 1776. Next followed Smith and Henderson, the first dis- tinguished in Richard, and the original Charles Surface, and the last in his short course giving to the most critical complete satisfaction in Hamlet or Benedick, Macbeth or Bobadil, Pierre or Ranger, Shylock or Falstaff. This brings us down to the time of the Kembles, and the me mory of some persons still living can carry them to the first appearance of John Philip in London, in 1783. By tracing back in this manner, and by no very violent stretch of fancy, we may say that we have shaken hands with Shaks peare himself. John Philip Kemble was an actor, though not in London, for some years before the death of Garrick. He may have shaken hands with him ; Garrick with Quin ; Quin with Wilks ; Wilks with Betterton ; Betterton with Lowin (who continued an actor until the Protectorate, and lived at Brentford after the Restoration) ; Lowin with Bur bage, and Burbage, doubtless, often with our great dra matist, whose heroes he constantly represented. Carry the effort of imagination only one degree further, and we are seated with Shakspeare, Ben Johnson, Burbage, Fletcher, Phillips, Kempe, Heywood, Middleton, and the rest of that genial crew at the Mitre in Fleet-street, or at the Cardinal's Hat on the Bankside. The last of the fine family of the Kembles—the last, we mean, as far as the stage is concerned—takes his leave of us and of the profession this evening. We are sure that he will retire from it with deep regret, because his whole life shows that he loves it, and how we are to spare him we know not, seeing that he is in full possession of all his powers and faculties ; and even were the vacuum thus to be occasioned much smaller, we cannot discover, in the pre sent condition of our theatres, how it is to be supplied. What we lament most is that so little encouragement is offered to new candidates for the honours of the art. In dependently, therefore, of any feelings of ancient attach ment between the public and Charles Kemble, there is every reason to lament the retirement of a man who, considering all his qualifications—his education, his habits, his acquire ments, his talents, his features, and his person, is one of the greatest ornaments our stage has ever possessed, from its remotest origin to the present moment. He has given an elevation of character and a degree of refinement to the mimic art which we almost despair of seeing continued. He has been one of those actors who may be stated to have been equally distinguished in tragedy and comedy. It is in the last, however, that we shall most feel his loss ; Ham lets, Macbeths, and Othellos may and do remain to us ; but where hereafter shall we look for a Charles, a Felix, a Mi rabel, or a Benedick ? _ Excepting Jane Kemble, who died quite an infant, he is the youngest son of old Roger Kemble and Sarah Ward, who were married in 1753. Charles Kemble was born in November, 1775, so that he is now in his 61st year. He was educated, we believe, very much abroad, but came early on the stage, being introduced to it at Drury-lane by his brother and sister. He appeared at Edinburgh in 1793 ; but Drury-lane Theatre having been pulled down and rebuilt, the new one was opened on April 21st, 1794, which is the first occasion on which Charles Kemble can .be said to have filled a part approaching to manhood ; it was Malcolm in Macbeth, John Philip Kemble and Mrs. Siddons playing the hero and heroine, and Palmer Mac duff. In the same season Charles Kemble was Cromwell in Henry VIII., in which character he is represented at a considerably later date in Harlowe's picture; he was also Seyward in the Hypocrite, and Belville, in the Country Girl. Next season his earliest original part, Count Ap piano, in Emilia Galotti, was assigned to him, and when his brother revived All's Well that ends Well he was Lewis ; he likewise represented Lovel, in High Life be low Stairs, Henry Woodville in the Wheel of Fortune, (acted for the first time on the 28th February, 1795), and Sigisbert in Edwy and Elgiva. In the next season we find him advanced to Carlos in Isabella, and Lewson in The Gamester ; and in 1797 he was George Barnwell, but only Careless in The School for Scandal, Wroughton being the Charles Surface. In the summer of this year he was Cap tain Plume for the first time at the Haymarket ; he there also played Wilford, to Elliston's Sir Edward Mortimer. In the season of 1797-8 he appeared for the first time as the Prince of Wales in Henry IV., Part 1., his brother John being the Hotspur. The most remarkable incident this season in Charles Kemble's history, is his earliest per- formance of Don Felix in The Wonder. He was also Eustace St. Pierre at the Haymarket ; but when Much Ado about Nothing was played, on August 21, 1798, for Miss de Camp's benefit, Barrymore was the Benedick ! and C. Kemble Claudio. At this house he acted Shy lock for the first time. John Palmer having died, Barry more succeeded to Macduff at Drury-lane ; but Charles Kcmble was Richmond to his brother's Richard, and Phi lotas to his Evander. On the 24th of May, 1799, he was Alonzo in Pizarro, on its production. In the next season, at Drury-lane, he was Faulkland in The Ri vals ; and during his enkagement at the Haymarket he was Durimel in The Point of Honour, and for the first time, and for his own benefit, Charles in The School for Scandal. On 22d October, 1800, he repeated it at Drury-lane, and Faulconbridge on the 20th November, on the revival of King John ; when, however, Lear was performed Barry more was the Edgar. In this season C. Kcmble was Mi rabel and Belcour for the first time. His earliest appear ance in Cassio was in the season of 1801-2. This was the year of Tom King's retirement, and C. Kemble played Charles to his Sir Peter for King's last benefit, on the 24th May, 1802. In 1802-3 Kemble and Mrs. Siddons left Drury-lane, when Stephen Kemble made his first appear ance, and C. Kcmble played Aimwell, Don Felix, and Hamlet, the last for the first time, and for his own benefit ; this was also the season in which he obtained the part of Benedick ; it was on the 30th of May, 1803. In the autumn of 1803, in consequence of the interest J. P. Kemble had purchased in Covent-Garden Theatre, Mrs. Siddons and the two brothers transferred their ser- vices thither, a circumstance, no doubt, well remem bered by many of our readers. Although C. Kemble then resigned Benedick to Lewis, he was Lothario, Cassio, Pyrrhus, Faulconbridge, Don Felix, and instead of Faulkland became Captain Absolute. The next season was that of " the Young Roscius," and all things for a time gave way to him ; and as we now come to a period of which most playgoers will have a pretty distinct re membrance, it will not be necessary for us to be so particu lar as to the progress of C. Kemble, who may be said to have now nearly arrived at the highest point of excellence it is possible for an actor to attain : he had laboured slowly upwards ; for his high merits were for some time obscured, and still longer disputed ; but he had at length overcome all obstacles, and was one of the leaders of the company. Of course, while his elder brother continued on the stage, and at the same theatre, it was hardly to be ex pected that he would relinquish his great parts to C. Kemble. He married in 1806, and Miss de Camp is announced for the first time as Mrs. C. Kemble in the Covent-garden bill of October 1, 1806, when she played Maria in The Citi zen. In this season C. Kemble played Norval, Love more, and Edgar in King Lear for his benefit. Covent garden was destroyed by fire in September, 1808, and the company removed to the Opera House, where C. Kemble acted Jaffier. As Lewis retired in the next year more room was allowed to C. Kcmble, especially in high comedy, after the subsiding of the 0. P. row of 1809-10. On 9th April, 1810, he acted Hamlet for Young, who was taken ill. This was also the season of Cooke's retirement, and C. Kemble was the lago to Young's Othello on December 6, 1810. He was Antony in Julius Caesar on its revival in the spring of 1812. Mrs. Siddons took her last benefit on the 29th of June, when she played Lady Macbeth. As is well known, she performed several times afterwards for the benefit of C. Kemble. He did not act again at Covent-garden until the commencement of the sea son of 1815-16, when he undertook Macbeth for the first time : he also acted Pierre to Conway's Jaffier. J. P. Kemble quitted the stage on the 23d of June, but he left behind him at Covent-garden both Young and Macready, who divided the principal business With C. Kemble. We have given these details from about 6,000 bills of the day, in order to show Mr. C. Kemble's gradually up ward progress : it would be tedious to pursue them far ther ; and it is remarkable that• in turning them over and in looking through the files of the newspapers for such a series of years, we de nor trace a single instance in which C. Kemble disappointed or incurred the dis pleasure of an audience. His public and his private conduct have been equally irreproachable. To his ma nagement of Covent-garden, and to some consequent diffe -I.6ficei lietiOen hilii and i Snc or tyvq_ether n distinguished of the theatrical corps, it is needless These differences have now subsided, and he quits the stage with the good word and the good will of all persons in every department of the profession. Like his brother, John Philip Kemble, he will take his leave in prose, al though several of his friends would have prevailed upon him to speak an address in verse. He is right. When J. P. Kemble had some lines sent to him for the occasion, he returned them to the author, with a note in these words, which we have seen in his own handwriting :—" I return your poem unopened ; I have made up my mind to deliver what I have to say in prose ; and, were I to read what you have sent, I am afraid that the excellence of the lines might induce me to waver in my determination." The retirement of Charles Kemble, and the final exit from the stage of :he last member of that family, which has been before the public from the year 1776 to the year 1836, will of course form an epoch in the history of thea trical affairs. For more than the last twenty years he has been at the head of his profession, and has verified the say ing of the Roman orator—" Is qui princeps in agendo est, ornatissimus et paratissimus esse &bet' 'HE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1836. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 23.—The Hon. and Rev. William C. Henniker, M.A., of St. John's College, in this University, has been appointed domestic chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Henniker. The Rev. Nicholas Walters, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, has been presented, by the Marquis of Exeter, to the Rectory of St. Peter, consolidated with the Vicarage of Ali Saints, Stamford. The Rev. Henry Robert Gilbert, 8.A., has been insti tuted to the Rectory of Cantley, Norfolk, on the presenta tion of William Alexander Gilbert, Esq., of Cantley. _ _ _ The Rev. James Furnival, M.A., of Queen's College, in this University, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Helen's, Lancashire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Pigot, M.A. The Rev. Samuel Burnell, M.A., of Queen's College, in this University, and late head master of the Sheerness Proprietary Grammar-school, has been unanimously elected second master of the Kensington Grammar-school, vacant by the promotion of R. P. Edkins, Esq., to the City of London school. The undermentioned gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, at Buckden, on Sunday last, the 18th inst. : DEACONS. William Bury, M.A., St. John's College, Camb. William Charles Colton, 8.A., Queen's College, Oif. William Day, B. A., Merton College, Oxf. Michael Hutton, B. A., Catherine Hall, Camb. Charles Marquarie Geo. Jarvis, M. A., Pemb. Hall, Camb. Thomas Overton, M. A , Fellow of St. John's Coll., Camb. John Henry Timing, B. A., Trinity College, Camb. Algernon Tumor, B. A., Trinity College, Camb. Josiah Walker, S. C. L., Trinity Hall, Camb. PRIESTS. Charles John Champnes, B. A., St. Alban Hall, Oxf. Samuel Francis Cumberlege, 8.A., Christ's College, Camb. John Fawssett, M. A., Jesus College, Camb. Henry Geo 4Hand, M. A., Fellow of King's College, Camb. Benjamin Hill, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Charles Wm. Joseph Johnstone, B. A., Emm. Coll., Camb. Richard Thos. Pulteney Pulteney, 8.A., Trin. Coll., Oxf. Hyla Holden Rose, M.A., Clare Hall. Camb. Frederick Thomas Scott, B. A., Worcester College, Oxf. William Hirst Simpson, 8.A., St. John's College, Camb. Boteler Chernocke Smith, S. C. L., Trinity Hall, Camb. William Stothert, 8.A., St. John's College, Camb. William Roe Waters, 8.A., Corpus Christi College, Camb. William Mayhew, B. A., Trinity College, Camb. ; Henry Sonders, B. A., Trinity College, Camb. ; and William Wil son, S. C. L., St. Peter's College, Camb., with Lit. Dim. from the Bishop of Norwich. The Bishop of Lincoln's next ordination will be held at Buckden, on Sunday, the 19th of February. Candidates arc requested to send their papers to his Lordship before the Bth of January. At an ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, at Gloucester, on Sunday last, the following gentle men of this Uuniversity were ordained:— DEACON—James Craigie Robinson, 8.A., Trinity College. PRIESTS—John Sayer Haygarth, B. A., and Frederick Wil liams Hohler, S. C. L., Trinity College ; Robert Rashdall, B. A., Corpus Christi College ; Nicholas Simons, B.A. Christ's College. CHRISTMAS. A SONG FOR GOOD FELLOWS YOUNG AND OLD. Br LEIGH HUNT. Christmas comes 1 He comes, he comes, Usber'd with a rain of plums ; Hollies in the windows greet him ; Schools come driving post to meet him; Gifts precede him, bells proclaiPn Every mouth delights to name him; Wet, and cold, and wind, and dark, Make him but the warmer mark; And yet he comes not one-embodied, Universal's the blithe god-head; And in every festal house Presence bath übiquitous. Curtains, those snug room-enfolders, Hang upon his million-shoulders ; And he has a million eyes Of fire, and cats a million pies, And is very merry and wise ; Very wise and very merry, And loves a kiss beneath the berry. Then full many a shape bath he All in said übiquity : Now is he a green array, And now an " eve," and now a " day ;" Now he's town gone out of town, And now a feast in civic gown, And now the pantomime and clown With a crack upon the crown, And all sorts of tumbles down • And then he's music in the night, And the money gotten by't : He's a man that can't write verses, Bringing some to ope your purses ; He's a turkey, he's a goose, He's oranges unfit for use : He's a kiss that loves to grow Underneath the mistletoe ; And he's forfeits, cards, and wassails, And a king and queen with vassals, All the " quizzes" of the time Drawn and quarter'd with a rhyme ; And then, for their revival's sake, Lo 1 he's an enormous cake, With a sugar on the top Seen before in many a shop, Where the boys could gaze for ever, They think the cake so very clever ; And some morning, in the lurch Leaving romps, he goes to church, Looking very grave and thankful, After which he's just as prankful, Now a saint, and now a sinner, But, above all, he's a dinner; (Vide Mr. Hervey's book, And the picture of the cook;)* He's a dinner, where you see Everybody's family ; Beef, and pudding, and mince-pies, And little boys with laughing eyes, Whom their seniors ask arch questions, Feigning fears of indigestions ( As if they, forsooth, the old ones, Hadn't, privately, tenfold ones) ; He's a dinner and a fire, Heap'd beyond your heart's desire— Heap'd with log, and bak'd with coals, Till it roasts your very souls, And your cheek the fire outstares, And you all push back your chairs, And the mirth becomes too great, And you all sit up too late, Nodding all with too much head, And so go off to too much bed. Oh, plethora of beef and bliss ? Monkish feaster, sly of kiss I Southern soul in body Dutch 1 Glorious time of great Too-Much 1 Too much heat, and too much noise, Too much babblement of boys ; Too much eating, too much drinking, Too much ev'ry thing but thinking; Solely bent to laugh and stuff, And trample upon base Enough. Oh, right :s thy instinctive praise Of the wealth of Nature's ways ! Right thy most unthrifty glee, And pious thy mince-piety For, behold great Nature's self Builds her no abstemious shelf, But provides (her love is such For all) her own great, good Too-Much, — Too much grass, and too much tree, Too much air, and land, and sea ; Too much seed of fruit and flower, And fish, an unimagin'd dower ! (In whose single roe shall be Life enough to stock Cie sea— Endless ichthyophagy 1) Ev'ry instant through the day Worlds of life are thrown away ; Worlds of life, and worlds of pleasure, Not for lavishment of treasure, But because she's so immensely Rich, and loves us so intensely, She would have us, once for all, Wake at her benignant call, And all grow wise, and all lay down Strife, and jealousy, and frown, And, like the sons of one great mother, Share, and be blest, with one another. * The Book of Christmas. By Thomas K. Hervey; with illustrations by R. Seymour. A manual, plump and sufficing as the season—the production of a spirit companionable, gen tlemanly, and poetical. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 21.— MR. O'CONNELL IN DROGHEDA. -116 f Drogheda entertained the Liberator of Ireland at a public dinner to Monday: At 7 o'clock the Hon. Member for Kilkenny 6ilicitti the room, and was received by the guests standing, amid loud ciidef§: The chair was taken by Joseph M'Cann, Esq. On the right of the chair sat Mr. O'Connell, Sir Wil liam Somerville, B. Stafford, Esq., and Alderman H. Smith ; on the left, the Right Rev. Dr. Crolly, Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, Rev. Dr. Cahill, Henry Chester, Esq., D.L., James Jameson, Esq., J.P., Nicholas Markey, Esq., and N. Boylan, Esq., J.P. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, among whom, says the Pilot," were men of the highest standing and respectability in the town and neighbouring counties ; and we understand that several applications for tickets had to be refused, as the Great Room (the largest in the town) could contain no more guests." After the health of the King, followed by that of the Viceroy, had been drunk, Sir W. M. Sommerville re sponded to the call of the meeting, and addressed the as sembly. The Chairman next proposed— " The health of Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Mi nisters." Three times three, and loud cheering. Air—Rule Britannia. After which Mr. O'Connell rose and spoke at great length to the toast. In the course of the Hon. Gentle man's speech, be observed, " When I hear some of the Radi cals accuse the Ministry of not having performed any act worthy of a Government professing liberal and enlightened opinions, I ask them do they fbrget this mighty and magni ficent deed (Catholic emancipation), and that a grateful re collection of it will for ever be enshrined in the hearts of a free people, and that it will remain for ever inscribed on the historical tablets of the British empire." Sir W. M. Somerville's health having been drunk, the Hon. Baronet addressed the meeting, disclaiming all per sonal views in coming forward as a candidate for Meath. The next toast was— " Daniel O'Connell, the advocate of civil and religious rights to every portion of the human race." Nine times nine. The toast was pledged with the most unbounded ap plause. Air—See the conquering hero comes. After the applause subsided, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman rose and delivered a speech, for which we cannot find room to-day, and which it would be unjust to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to curtail. We may, how ever, mention that the following passage was amongst those that were most cheered :—" In this industrious and intelli gent town it will be seen what is the opinion of the con tumely thrown on our country ; Ireland will rejoice in your sentiments, and the Press will tell the whole British em pire that it is not safe for England to be a party to the in sult. Chains of adamant, and the force of the Russian empire would not be sufficient to bind us under insult ; it must then be wiped off, or else —." DUNGARVAN ELEcrxoN.--The independent electors of Dungarvan have decided that John Power, Esq., of Gur teen, should be called on to represent that borough. The talents and patriotism of Mr. Power—his large fortune and respectable connections in the vicinity of Waterford—but. above all, his relation to the illustrious Sheil, Ireland's se. cond son, well entitle him to the consideration and pre ference of the patriotic electors of Dungarvan.—Tipperary Free Press. Col.. BatJEN.—We give to-day, from a contemporary, the following summary of the particulars of the trial which we alluded to yesterday. The Carlow landlord's statements in the House will henceforth, we apprehend, be received with something less than implicit confidence and belief : " Murray's ground of action was, that he was employed for a considerable time as wood-ranger, game-keeper, rent warner, and election agent to Colonel Bruen ; and that he never received any wages or remuneration for all this labour and loss of time. The defence was, that he was not so em ployed. How any man in any station of life could venture to rely upon such a defence, in a case where the numerous letters of the defendant's head agent completely established the contrary, is to us incomprehensible. The plaintiff's evidence—the letters of the defendant's chief agent to him— demonstrated the validity of the claim, and so the jury felt— for they found against Colonel Bruen, and gave the tenant 51/. damages and 6d. costs. It is thus established that Colonel Bruen was equitably and legally the debtor in a large sum to his tenant, the plaintiff in the action, in De cember, 1832—the period at which the plaintiff's services were discontinued—he having refused to vote for the second Tory candidate at the election which took place in that month. Yet it appears that Murray was served in the early part of 1833 with ejectment for non-payment of rent, and that, having settled this claim, proceedings were subse quently taken against him for 6!. 1 Is., another half-year's rent, which he paid, however, together with the costs in cuited." TITHE PERSECUTION.—The Mail in its own peculiar magniloquent fashion, says—" If proof were needed of our recommendation to institute future suits for recovery of tithe, in cases where it is apprehended the parties will adopt the system of filing long answers in the Court of Chancery, and how completely that course must defeat the devices of the enemy—it is to be found in the disgusting virulence with which this measure, and the gentlemen who first suggested its adoption, have been assailed by Mr. O'Connell and by the Radical Press. A gross libel is put forward against the Court of Chancery, from which, how ever, the sting is taken by its monstrous absurdity, in the broad assertion that the Court of Chancery ' a will give no costs in tithe cases.'" We are threatened with measures of a severity, now in preparation, which the tithe recusants, poor good easy men, do not dream of—measUres which shall give " prac tical proofs of the stringent powers possessed by the Court of Chancery." The battle, it seems, is to be fought in the Court of Chancery, beaten in the Exchequer ; the pro secuting parsons hope for success in Chancery. The Mail says that the tithe campaign was commenced never be fore so vigorously. The measures alluded to as certain of securing success, may be guessed at by the advice given " that in cases where bills have been recently filed, and the parties have not entered appearances, that the remedy would be advanced by dismissing such bills, which can be done without costs, and filing new bills in Chancery." It seems that several arc in preparation. This new scheme of operation will be as abortive as the previous plan of the Tory tacticians. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 21.—Letters from Naples say that more serious disorders than before had taken place in Calabria, especially at Nicastro, and that some agents of the public authority had been killed. It is not yet known how far these troubles had the character of rebellion, but it seems that some soldiers joined the Calabrian peasants, and threw away their uniforms. A vessel which was at anchor in the Gulf of Saint Euphemia heard a great number of musquct shots fired in the country ; it did not send any persons on shore on account of the cholera, only the crew observed on the evening when they sailed an extraordinary movement among the boats of the country.—Messager, Dec. 21. We said two days ago, after another journal, that the Colonial Consul of Guadeloupe intends to ask for the emancipation of the slaves. This statement requires to be corrected. The truth is, that a great number of the inha bitants of Guadeloupe, weary of a state of uncertainty which may cause their ruin, seem inclined to apply to the Chamber the request that the emancipation may be de clared, an equitable indemnity being previously given con formably to the laws. A letter from the frontiers of Servia says that Prince Milosch having consulted the Emperor Nicholas on the education he should give his sons, the Emperor replied, " Have your sons educated in Servia ; when they shall have attained to years of discretion, send them to travel in Europe ; otherwise, beware of letting them see foreign countries, especially France, where they will imbibe bad principles. Besides, Servia wants a Servian, and not a Frenchman." Prince Milosch, has submitted to the will of the Emperor Nicholas, and his children, instead of going to Paris or Vienna, as at first intended, will complete their education at Krajearez.—Journal du Commerce, Dec. 21. (From the French Papers of Wednesday.) To the Journal des Debats, who recomtnends that 50,000 men be forthwith sent to Constantino to take re- ' venge upon the Kabyles for the snows and mud of the Man soure, and to La Pail', which has not ceased, during the last year, to advocate the cause of intervention in Spain, and the necessity of marching another army of 50,000 men to the aid of the Queen—to these two journals, now more warlike than ever were the Tribune or Courrier Francais, we submit the following return, which we have carefully drawn up, for the purpose of cooling their belligerent ardour. The reign of Napoleon, as Emperor of the French, lasted nearly ten years, from the 18th of May, 1804, to the 3d of April, 1814. We annex the list of the Senatus-Consults, or decrees for the levy of men, enacted during that period :- Ist. 24th September, 1805 Men 80,000 2d. 7th April, 1807 3d and sth. 21st January, 10th September, 1808 240,000 Gth and 7th. 18th April, sth October, 1809 9th and 10th. 13th December, 1810 1 1 th. 20th December, 1811 120,000 12th and 13th. 13th March, Ist September, 1812 237,000 14th and 19th. 16th January, 3d April, 24th August, 9th October, 11th November, 1813 Total exclusive of voluntary enlistments, departmental guards, the 17,000 equipped horsemen, offered in January, 1813 ; the levies in mass, organized in 1814, amounting to 143,000 men. The number of soldiers enrolled between the 24th of September, 1805, at which period our army was already formidable, and 1814, may be estimated at 3,000,000 men. In 1814, the clective force of our troops ,employed in active service, retreated or prisoners of war, amounted to 802,600 individuals. If we deduct that number from the 3,000,000, we shall find that 2,197,400 men fell victims to war during those nine years, or 244,155 per annum. On the 12th of July, 1814, a document was published, retatitulating the losses of war materiel sustained in 1812, 181 b, and 1814, and consisting of the following objects :- 210 pieces of artillery of all sizes ; 1,200,000 projectiles of all kinds ; 600,000 muskets and other arms ; 12,000 artillery waggons ; 70,000 horses ; These objects are valued at 250,000,000 francs. This, however, is not all. During a space of 13 years, from 1801 to 1813, the increase of the national debt leaves, according to the official return, a deficit of 1,645,469,000 francs ! _ ......._ Behold the consequences of ten years' war, of which Waterloo was the finale. Three millions of soldiers ; 2,000,000,000 of debt, the agriculture, manufactures, and trade of France sacrificed to a false point of honour, more military than national—has all that, we ask, rendered France more glorious and powerful ? Who will dare reply in the affirmative, in presence of the treaties of 1815 ? Taught by a fatal experience, we must not suffer our selves to be led astray by empty words. The honour of a nation rests in the power it possesses and exercises. The power of Governments now resides less in the force of their armies than in the organization of their credit and the extent of their commerce. Let your finances be in good order, and pay small armies, and you will be more powerful than with a large standing force and a budget exhibiting a deficit ; and, if you be powerful, you may be disdainful or severe, as your interests may command contempt or chastisement. The weak are always the most susceptible, and this feeling constitutes nearly all the courage of those who want for strength. On that account do we understand national honour dif ferently from La Paix and the Journal des Debats.—La Presse. The Deputies are convoked for Monday next, the 26th inst., on which day a private meeting is to take place under the presidency of M. de Gras Preville, the senior member, or, in his absence, of M. Bedoch. The names of the grand deputation which is to meet his Majesty on the fol lowing day will be drawn, and tickets for the Royal sitting given to the Deputies present. The King, after delivering, on Tuesday, the speech at the opening of the Session, will receive the oaths of the Deputies lately returned or re elected during the interval of both Sessions. The legislative operations will commence on Wednesday. The Chamber of Peers will appoint its board on that day, and name the Committee of the address. The Chamber of Deputies will have to organize its nine standing Committees, in order to verify the powers of the newly-elected members, and their Reports will be succes sively brought up in the ensuing days. The ballot for the election of the President, the four Vice-Presidents, and the four Secretaries, will probably commence or: Thursday. It is only after the Chamber is definitively constiiutcd that its standing Committees will name the Committee of the ad dress. The latter is composed of nine Deputies, and the President is by right a member thereof. The public dis cussion of the address cannot well take place before the beginning of January.—Journal des Debats. On the 18th inst. M. Pahlen, the Russian Ambassador in Paris, gave a grand dinner on the occasion of the feast of the Emperor Nicholas. Fifty persons sat down to table, among whom were most of the Foreign Ministers, the Members of the French Cabinet, and the Presidents of both Chambers. Towards the end of the dinner, M. Mole proposed the health of the Emperor of Russia, and M. Pahlen in his turn proposed that of the King of the French. No other toasts were drunk, and the attitude of the guests was, during the whole time, silent and cold.—Courrier Francais. Marshal Soult left his Estate of St. Amans on the 15th, slept that night at Cahors, and was to set out on the follow ing day for Paris.—Courrier Francais. M. de Rigny having demanded that an inquiry be made into his conduct during the expedition against Constantina, it now remains with the Minister of War to decide whether the fact imputed to the General is of a nature to justify his demand, or if it is not one that a court-martial ought to take cognizance of, according to a law of May, 1836. A council of inquiry instituted to investigate the conduct of a field marshal must consist of two officers of the same rank, two lieutenant-generals, and a marshal, appointed by the Minister of War. The reporting officer, also named by the Minister, must hold a higher rank than the delinquent. The pro ceedings of the Court arc not public : the votes are given lAy secret ballot, each member merely replying yes or no to the several questions put to the Council, and the question is decided by a simple majority. There is not in the forms of the Council of Inquiry either that solemnity desired by M. E. de Rigny, or the publicity required for the satis- faction of the country. On Monday afternoon Prince Talleyrand had an audience of the King. In the evening the Duke de Frias, Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Count de Toreno and his son, the Duchess de Dino, and several other personages of distinc tion, had the honour of being received by their Majesties. Yesterday the King transacted business with the Minister of the Interior, and at half past 2 held a Council of Minis ters.—Galignanrs Messenger. " It was affirmed yesterday," says the Siecle," that Go vernment intends to afford the Chambers no opportunity of discussing the question of Constantino. The Ministers will confine themselves to announcing that fresh troops are about to be sent, and that the Government will call upon Marshal Clausel to account for the failure of the late expedition, adding, that the honour of the nation will not admit of this being made a subject of debate from the Tribune. This is a very convenient mode of arrangement, but the Chambers must be brought to give their assent to it." FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Doc. 21. Five per Cults., 107 f. 80c. 75c. 90c. 60c. Four per Cents., 99f. 20c. Three per Cents. :9f. 20c 25c. 15c. Rank Actions, 2,347 f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 97f. 40c. 50c. Roman Five per Cents., 101. Spanish Actives, 2.;11%. Spanish Passives, 5%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102. Portuguese Three per Cents. 29 29)4 2S5iNi. Haytian Loan, 3.52 f 5Cc. EXCDANtir. ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2:51. t75Qc. ; money, 25t. c. 11 rcc months, paper, —l. —c. ; money, 25f. 12 1 X,c. Cori rs AuthentiQue. BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—There has been little or no business done here to day, particularly in foreign securities. The Spanish Actives declined in a trifling degree. The Por tuguese fell per cent. below yesterday's quotations, notwith standing that the knowledge that the dividends would be paid was communicated by the arrivals from London to-day. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 108 f. Three per Cent. Itentes, 79f. 30c. Bank Actions. 2.,317f. 50c.. Itente do Naples ' 97f. 75e. Rom in 1 ive per Cents., 101. Belgian Loan. 102. Portuguese Three per Cents., 2iN. Haytian Loan, 35'2f. 50c. !vanish Actives, 20)g. Spanish Passives. 5:1 8 . Spani,h Differes, Miguelites, 14. BELGIUIII. BRE:, , SELS, DEC. 21.—Average prices of Corn in the third week of December—( Monday 12th to Saturday 17th.) Wheat, 16f. 78c. ; Rye, 11f. 2c. per hectolitre. Import Duties, 37f. 50c. and '2lf. 50c. per 1 thousand kilogrammes. We hear that measures are taken in the offices of the Commandant of Brussels against those who have opened lists for the enrolment of men for the service of the Queen of Spain, and that it seems to be intended to consider them as crimps. Some doubts, which are said to be very well founded, are entertained at Vienna and Frankfort, of the continuance of Baron Munch Bellinghausen in his high office of President of the Diet of the German Confederation. Letters speak of his approaching retirement from that office as a probable event, and attribute it to some unpleasant circumstance that took place at Vienna in his intercourse with Prince Metternich. Others say that M. de Belling hausen is deeply affected by his dramatic failure in the theatre of Vienna. Whatever may be the truth, the retire ment of the President of the German Diet under present circumstances could not be an unimportant event. In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives a long debate has taken place on the bounties allowed on the ex portation of sugar. It appears (says the Courrier Beige) that the excise duty which the people pay on sugar, amounts to 1 ; 800,000 francs, of which in the end only 120,000 francs remain in the public treasury, the remainder being distri buted in the form of bounties among the refiners of Antwerp, Ghent, &c. Besides this, the treasury loses a vast sum by the frudulent importation of raw sugar. M. Dumortier, in the course of the debate said, " It is an acknowledged fact that the duty on sugar ought to bring into the treasury near four millions. * * * The business of the refiner is now prosperous. Ido not doubt it, with a cur rency of four millions. If such a bounty were given to every trade, were it a manufacturer of watches, it would soon be in a prosperous condition ; but we are not people to give bounties of four millions to a branch of manufactu rers ; for if we give such a sum to one, we ought to give it to others. We cannot grant a privilege to Ghent and Antwerp. It is said there arc a hundred sugar-houses in this country ; four millions make 40,000 francs for each ! What is the object of this bounty ? It is to make Belgians pay a duty on sugar, in order that the Germans and Swedes may have it cheaper. This is the real fact, for you are asked to allow a bounty in order that the refiners may be able to sell cheap. To whom ? To the Germans and the Swedes." In the discussion of the budget of ways and means, the excise on sugar was taken at 120,000 f. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, DEC. 6.—The accounts from Ms^'.`~~ - . . •.--,.- ' Spain are very favourable to Doi Carlos, an il *0 ~ 11 • :.-•._ --:' than probable that that Prince will shortly U t i,t*lCt.iv..' ----''',':-..•.--; e i rt....,.. 1 ,1..xt ledged in different quarters as lawful Kit;?; '‘'S - din, t ___ . L In consequence of the insulting treatment of b! C. .:: a 1 - -v . '-•A dinian Consuls in Spain, great animosity has bccn - Ite ''..\--"''‘.:...) between the Court of Turin and the Government at II laSiUi q hj WELunn, DEC. 11.—The Grand Duke Miqhmel had prolonged his residence in the Palace of this town till this time, and under the most attentive care of his sister, the Grand Duchess, had lived in calm retirement, only taking much exercise in the open air. His Imperial Highness, it is well known, labours under a disorder of the stomach, and the opinions of the physicians were that he should pass the winter in Germany, and enter on a course of cure early in the spring. The Emperor Nicholas has acceded to this opinion, and after the arrival of a courier from Peters burgh the Grand Duke Michael set out to-day for Baden, where we hear he will stay some days to consult the physi cians. It is not known where he will reside till the spring. riELGI AN 1. UNDS—BRUSSELS, DEC. 21 Actual Debt, *.i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. loo,', Loan of Thirty Millions 94 ), 3 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. lOl Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent. 142 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 134 Brussels Papers, Dec. 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 13. Five per Cents. Metalliqucs Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1382 . . . _ .. ..._ .... -411,eemeine Zeitung, Dec. 18. DUTCH FUNDS—Au 4TERBAN, DEC. 20. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent .53 53% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A 11101 t Syndic, 4}.i percent. 93% 94 Ditto, ditto, 3 per cent. 7 6 ,4 77 Commercial Company, 4', per cent 178% 180 1 4 Ditto (1832 and 18:33) 5 per cent. Lxchange on London, One month l2 2% Two months HAMBURG BORSEN lIALLE, DEC. 17. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — Ditto ditto 3 percent. Ditto Bank Shares 1355 ins) An g lo-Rust:Jan Loan 10. 2 14 102 I aper inscription, 6 per cent — Russ; an 5 per cents. Metal. R u sm a i, Inscription, Dope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates rortuguese Re, envy Bonds, 5 per cent 44 Ditto, 3 per cent.. 2 7% si7 Dutch 24, per Cern.% 52 51% Ditto 5 per Cents , Polish Bonds, 3 per cm:ts• New Tickets A liglo.Danish Loan, 3 per .-- ntS 72 715 i Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 pc ,- cents. Spanish, in piastres 3 per Cents., •• Cortes an, 5 per ' Cent ......... ....... Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed 1, v P ra n c e 93 9?4,i : •;ta- AMERICA. We have received a New Orleans P,: cc Current to the 13th of November.—" There is no extraordinary briskness prevailing in any department of business ; but the market is sufficiently animated, particularly for grocerie, owing to the scarcity of western produce, and the high crices ge nerally demanded. " The Money Market continues in an improving state — indeed, it cannot be said there is any serious pressure. The banks are increasing their discounts ; long paper is more scarce, as the cotton houses do not accept much, and that running from four to eight months can be negotiated at tett or twelve per cent. per annum." THE CANADA S: We have Montreal papers to the 27th November ; they state that " it is now well ascertained, by advices from Ma tamoras to 30th September, that the projected invasion of Texas by the Mexicans is for a time totally abandoned. This arises from the impoverished treasury of Mexico, and the reduction of her 4,000 troops at Matamoras to as many hundreds by desertion, in consequence of want of pay, cloth ing, and provisions. MONEY.—Exchange at 60 days :—Bank, 9 per Cent. ; Private, 84 to 8- per Cent. BANK STOCK.—Montreal Bank Shares, 29 ; City, 8 per Cent.; Commercial Bank, Ili- per Cent. Mr. King, who accompanied Captain Back to the Arctic Regions, and who has just laid before the public a HistorT of the Journey, is now at Brighton; with a view of gaining' support in favour of a new expedition to the Arctic Shor.?s, at a cost of 1,0001. only ; 4001. of which is already subst:ril - ted. A pamphlet, detailing the project, has been presented bj' Mr. King to the Sussex Scientific and Literary Institution, as well as to the principal libraries, which is well worthy the attention of our readers. Mr. King is now engaged in staffing a splendid arctic wolf, which he has brought from London as a present to the Mantellian Museum.—Brighton (;,-actte. On Tuesday last, at the ancient church of St. Sa viour's, Southwark, was rung by the Juntir Society of Col lege Youths, a true and complete peal of c,:ters, on Stead man's principle, consisting of 5,001 changes, in toe short space of three hours and fifty-minutes, by ten men only, :u the most masterly manner, being the first peal of the kind ever per formed in this intricate method in the aforesaid church, and for striking cannot be excelled by any other company in England. A telescope of very large dimensions and high power, will soon be completed by Mr. E. Henderson, the astronomer. The telescope is a front view reflector (or Herschellean telescope) of twenty-six feet focus ; the me tallic reflector, or speculum, is eighteen inches in diameter, and will bear a power so high as 3,000 times. The instru ment and its attendant furniture will weigh somewhere about eight cwt. This telescope, when completed, will be the largest in the British dominions. Yesterday morning the inhabitants of Waterloo-road were thrown into some alarm by the bursting of a baker's oven, which burnt the whole of the floor above. Several engines arrived, but the neighbours had previously extin guished the flames by throwit ' -, the contents of the water butt over it. The inmates had previously got every article of furniture out of the house, and deposited it in the ground of Zion Chapel. Armand Marie, Marquis de la Belinaye, Knight of Louis, and the last remaining, we believe, of the French Noblemen who emigrated to this country at the time of the first French Revolution, died at his residence, in Upper Harleystreet, on the 20th inst. Mote than forty years had elapsed since his first exile ; he was seventy-five years of age. Of an ancient and once very opulent family of Britanny, allied to many of the noblest houses of France, he, singularly enough, derived his origin from a Scottish Knight, who, some ages back, followed s warlike Baron in his invasion of that dukedom, and settled on conquered land. From early intimacy at the University of St•rasburg with some English fellow-students of his own rank, and from the resemblance of its institutions, and, in many counties, its language, to those of his free native State, M. de la Beli naye had early visited, and was exceedingly . attached to, England. After the loss of his large estates in France and • at St. Don:ingo, he was long indebted to the English Go vernment for sup;iort. His sons, born in England, owed their education a t the Military College of Penn to its liberality, and to the i'ostering care of the great loyalist, Edmund Burke. The misfortunes of his party and family preying upon him more and mote with the increase of years, he lidd long seceded from society. The Marquis had been in the French army until the dishandiocc , in Germany, of the army of Prince Conde, of which his ,`'ether, a Lieut.- General, commanded a division. We have all either seen or read of that ..,notnalous creature, a while blackbird. Perhaps of a morn:ng, too, gentle reader, after sitting up too late on the previous night, you may have been told that the white of your eye wag red, and all this, too, without starting. A native of Paddy's land asked a neighbour if he bad ever seen red blackberries ? " To be sure I have," said Pat, " all blackberries are red; when they arc green !"—Laird rf Logan. According to the accounts from Vienna of the 12th, received yesterday, the Emperor of Austria was then quite recovered, and applied himself to the t ;ffairs of the state as usual. His Majesty would not, however; have any levees for a week ; but his uncle, the Archduke Louis, would hold them in his stead. It is added, that Count .Kolowrat was to resume his important functions in a day or twcr.• The following curious coincidences and mistakes in punctuation appear in a catalogue of books lately published :. —Essay on Stupidity—bound in calf Hints on the Ori ginal State of Man—very old. The Conscience of Law yers—afaree. Hints to Carpenters—in boards. Trans actions of the 'Bank—gold edged. History of the Giants — large paper. NEW FIRE-PROOF DRESS.—At a fire (not a a serious one) which occurred on Thursday morning, at Mr. Knight's, stationer, Basing-lane, Watling-street, the Pari sian smoke-proof fire dress was, for the first time brought into actual service. Mr. Braidwood himself put it on, and, descending into the cellar, there remained till the fire was completely extinguished, passing through the parts where the smoke was most dense, without experiencing any incon venience. The firemen who were not so equipped, wero not able to remain in any part of the cellar more than ten minutes, and experienced a difficulty of breathing, and their eyes were red and swollen, as if they had been crying. There were two engines brought to the spot, one of which was employed in supplying Mr. Braidwood with a continuous current of fresh air. The flames never mounted above three feet from the floor, nor was the smoke particularly dense, so that the apparatus cannot be said to have been fully tested on this occasion ; but enough was done to confirm Mr. Braidwood in the opinion former experiments had in duced him to form of its great utility in the case of fires in cellars. Colonel Paulin, the commandant of the sappers and miners engaged in protecting Paris from fire, is the in ventor of the dress, and the suit used on this occasion was sent as a present from the gallant Colonel on condition that no copies should be made from it. It is of leather, en closing the head, arms, and trunk in a case, which, by means of hose connected from the back, is kept constantly inflated with fresh air. There are glass holes for the eyes, and a whistle to give signals with. "1 P A i• i, ft